Lord Rooker: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Northern Ireland (David Hanson) launched the Renewing Communities Action Plan on 4 April. The plan, which is available in the Library, includes 62 actions relating to the following five fundamental challenges: Improving Life Prospects, Building Communities and Social Cohesion, Growing Civic and Community Leadership and Active Citizenship, Improving Public Service Delivery and Outcomes, and Freeing Communities from Paramilitary and Criminal Influence.
	Various measures will be introduced to re-focus existing policy to improve service delivery. The impact of these actions, in parallel with other recently announced initiatives, should be felt across all disadvantaged communities in Northern Ireland.
	Specific measures will also be introduced to mitigate the particular obstacles faced in some Protestant communities which prevent them engaging with, and benefiting from, existing programmes.
	Budget allocations for each action are included in the Renewing Communities document.

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will consult with Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, on the problems that he perceives FRS17 causes for pension funds.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Police forces are required to comply with the Code of Practice and Guidance on the Management of Police Information. The code requires chief police officers to establish recording procedures which emphasise the need for police information to be as complete and accurate as possible. The guidance stipulates that all police information must conform to data quality principles, including those relating to accuracy, adequacy, relevance and timeliness. Compliance with the code and guidance is being implemented across the 43 forces of England and Wales in parallel with the development of the cross-regional information sharing project.